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Mentally Ill Man Acquitted in the Attempted Rape of 100-Year-Old Woman

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2019
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Mentally Ill Man Acquitted in the Attempted Rape of 100-Year-Old Woman

San Francisco – Tiandre Howard Kidd faced charges of burglary, attempted rape, and elder abuse for his cr ...

San Francisco – Tiandre Howard Kidd faced charges of burglary, attempted rape, and elder abuse for his crimes alleged against a 100-year-old San Francisco woman. However when the jury returned earlie ...

December 11, 2019
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Arguments Arise On Whether a Defendant Was Illegally Detained

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2019
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Arguments Arise On Whether a Defendant Was Illegally Detained

By Celeste Campbell In Department 10 of the San Francisco County Superior Court, a Deputy Public Defender ...

By Celeste Campbell In Department 10 of the San Francisco County Superior Court, a Deputy Public Defender argued illegally held his client due to their lack of reasonable cause. On Monday morning, the ...

December 11, 2019
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San Francisco Man Tossed by Treatment Program for Eating a Cookie, Released on Time-Served in Truly Bizarre Hearing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 10, 2019
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San Francisco Man Tossed by Treatment Program for Eating a Cookie, Released on Time-Served in Truly Bizarre Hearing

SAN FRANCISCO - The case of 42-year-old Gregory Fields gained national notoriety last week when Danielle ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The case of 42-year-old Gregory Fields gained national notoriety last week when Danielle Harris, the director of public policy at the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, tweeted th ...

December 10, 2019
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A San Francisco Man Is Currently in Jail for Eating a Cookie in Rehab

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 10, 2019
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A San Francisco Man Is Currently in Jail for Eating a Cookie in Rehab

By Rory Fleming San Francisco Superior Court Judge Michael Begert is probably feeling lucky that he is no ...

By Rory Fleming San Francisco Superior Court Judge Michael Begert is probably feeling lucky that he is not facing reelection for another five years. That is because Begert, who lords over the entire d ...

December 10, 2019
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Drug Court Derails SF Man’s Recovery for Eating a Cookie

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2019
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Drug Court Derails SF Man’s Recovery for Eating a Cookie

When an SF man was kicked out of a residential treatment program for taking a cookie without asking, Drug ...

When an SF man was kicked out of a residential treatment program for taking a cookie without asking, Drug Court gave him two choices, go back and start all over again or spend six months in county jai ...

December 05, 2019
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Police Officer’s Identification of Defendant Under Question

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2019
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Police Officer’s Identification of Defendant Under Question

By Hannah Grayson A gang-related murder trial reconvened in Department 16 on Monday morning after the Tha ...

By Hannah Grayson A gang-related murder trial reconvened in Department 16 on Monday morning after the Thanksgiving break, presided over by Judge Eric R. Fleming. The entire day was dedicated to questi ...

December 04, 2019
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Contested Evidence: A Sign of an Unreliable Testimony?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2019
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Contested Evidence: A Sign of an Unreliable Testimony?

By Ryan Oh A former San Francisco firefighter was accused of allegedly punching and chokeholding a male v ...

By Ryan Oh A former San Francisco firefighter was accused of allegedly punching and chokeholding a male victim. The district attorney prosecuted the case under a grade of felony, while the defense res ...

December 04, 2019
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100-Year-Old Victim Steals Show in Rape Trial

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2019
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100-Year-Old Victim Steals Show in Rape Trial

Tiandre Howard Kidd faces the charges of burglary with the intent to sexually assault, as well as elder a ...

Tiandre Howard Kidd faces the charges of burglary with the intent to sexually assault, as well as elder abuse, for his alleged crimes on a 100-year-old San Francisco woman. The trial opened Monday wi ...

December 03, 2019
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No Mercy: Judge Denies Motion to Suppress and Reduce Charges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2019
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No Mercy: Judge Denies Motion to Suppress and Reduce Charges

By Ryan Oh At a preliminary hearing held in Department 9 on November 27, 2019, Judge Rita F. Lin denied t ...

By Ryan Oh At a preliminary hearing held in Department 9 on November 27, 2019, Judge Rita F. Lin denied the defense’s motion to suppress and request to reduce the case from a felony to a misdemeanor, ...

December 03, 2019
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Faulty Eyewitness ID and Racial Profiling Lands Innocent Man In Jail For Two Weeks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 02, 2019
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Faulty Eyewitness ID and Racial Profiling Lands Innocent Man In Jail For Two Weeks

(From Press Release – SF Public Defender) – On November 25, 2019, a San Francisco man, Robert Thomas, was ...

(From Press Release – SF Public Defender) – On November 25, 2019, a San Francisco man, Robert Thomas, was released from the county jail after being wrongfully identified as the perpetrator of an assau ...

December 02, 2019
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Defense Uses Dash Camera Footage in Opening Statement of DUI Trial

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 27, 2019
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Defense Uses Dash Camera Footage in Opening Statement of DUI Trial

By Danielle Silva The defense pointed to the arresting officer’s dash camera footage in a driving-under-t ...

By Danielle Silva The defense pointed to the arresting officer’s dash camera footage in a driving-under-the-influence trial, arguing the defendant was "stopped for driving short of perfection." On Sep ...

November 27, 2019
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SF Judge in SB 1437 Matter Will Decide if Defendant Was Major Participant in 27-Year-Old Case

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|Date: November 26, 2019
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SF Judge in SB 1437 Matter Will Decide if Defendant Was Major Participant in 27-Year-Old Case

By Lona Kwan San Francisco - On November 22, 2019, an SB 1437 evidentiary hearing was heard in Department ...

By Lona Kwan San Francisco - On November 22, 2019, an SB 1437 evidentiary hearing was heard in Department 25 regarding the resentencing of the defendant, Anthony Scrivani, who has been serving a 27-ye ...

November 26, 2019
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Hearing in San Francisco to Determine Whether Man Gets Relief Under SB 1437 after 16 Years

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|Date: November 25, 2019
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Hearing in San Francisco to Determine Whether Man Gets Relief Under SB 1437 after 16 Years

By Ransom Bergen In a 1437 evidentiary hearing last Friday, the court revisited the 16-year-old sentence ...

By Ransom Bergen In a 1437 evidentiary hearing last Friday, the court revisited the 16-year-old sentence of a man convicted of gang-related second-degree murder. This defendant did not personally kill ...

November 25, 2019
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Judge Refuses to Reduce Charges in “Criminal Threat” Case

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 23, 2019
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Judge Refuses to Reduce Charges in “Criminal Threat” Case

By Adam Ruthenbeck A preliminary hearing was held on Wednesday, November 20, in front of Judge Christin ...

By Adam Ruthenbeck A preliminary hearing was held on Wednesday, November 20, in front of Judge Christine Van Aken for a man accused of posing a criminal threat. The defendant, Donell Henderson, is ...

November 23, 2019
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Key Witness Testifies in a Murder Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 23, 2019
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Key Witness Testifies in a Murder Trial

By Leslie Alfonzo On November 20, 2019, a surveillance video introduced into evidence resulted in a key w ...

By Leslie Alfonzo On November 20, 2019, a surveillance video introduced into evidence resulted in a key witness changing his testimony after misidentifying the suspected shooter. In Department 16, Jud ...

November 23, 2019
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Murder or Self-Defense: Judge Holds Defendant to Answer for Murder Despite Evidence of Self-Defense

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2019
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Murder or Self-Defense: Judge Holds Defendant to Answer for Murder Despite Evidence of Self-Defense

On August 10, 2019, 38 year old Sauntek Harris near 1045 Oakdale in San Francisco, fired six shots, hitti ...

On August 10, 2019, 38 year old Sauntek Harris near 1045 Oakdale in San Francisco, fired six shots, hitting 34 Dietrich Whitley several times, eventually fatally killing him. This past week the case ...

November 22, 2019
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Jury Acquits Man on All Counts – Prosecutors Wanted a Life Sentence for Tossing Pebbles

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 21, 2019
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Jury Acquits Man on All Counts – Prosecutors Wanted a Life Sentence for Tossing Pebbles

(From Press Release – SF Public Defender) – On Friday, November 15, 2019, a jury found Carlos Gordon not ...

(From Press Release – SF Public Defender) – On Friday, November 15, 2019, a jury found Carlos Gordon not guilty on all counts of assault with a deadly weapon, making criminal threats, and a misdemeano ...

November 21, 2019
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No Dismissal, but Relief

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 21, 2019
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No Dismissal, but Relief

By Ryan Oh A San Francisco resident named Reymundo Delgado found herself facing a potential battery cha ...

By Ryan Oh A San Francisco resident named Reymundo Delgado found herself facing a potential battery charge. The defendant was allegedly punching and swinging unidentified objects toward two victims, ...

November 21, 2019
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Inconclusive Evidence Used in Murder Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 20, 2019
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Inconclusive Evidence Used in Murder Trial

By Hannah Grayson On Monday morning in Department 16, Judge Eric R. Fleming presided over the first day o ...

By Hannah Grayson On Monday morning in Department 16, Judge Eric R. Fleming presided over the first day of an MS-13 gang-related murder trial with two defendants. On March 17, 2017, at about 12:47 a.m ...

November 20, 2019
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Weak Testimony, Stronger Evidence?

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 20, 2019
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Weak Testimony, Stronger Evidence?

By Ryan Oh A resident named Abdelilah Chadly found himself facing the potential charge of battery after a ...

By Ryan Oh A resident named Abdelilah Chadly found himself facing the potential charge of battery after allegedly punching against the back of a female victim. On November 14, 2019, Judge Rita F. Lin ...

November 20, 2019
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